Autonomous navigation system for a mobile robot or manipulator

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PATENT NO 5758298
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08404552

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In an autonomous navigation system for a mobile robot or a manipulator which is intended to guide the robot through the workspace to a predetermined target point in spite of incomplete information without colliding with known or unknown obstacles. All operations are performed on the local navigation level in the robot coordinate system. In the course of this, occupied and unoccupied areas of the workspace are appropriately marked and detected obstacles are covered by safety zones. An intermediate target point is defined in an unoccupied area of the workspace and a virtual harmonic potential field is calculated, whose gradient is followed by the robot. Mobile robots with such an autonomous navigation system can be used as automated transport, cleaning and service systems.

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DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FUR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E VD-51147 KOLN LINDER HOHE

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Guldner, Jurgen Munich, DE 2 143

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